Provider Beware: Healthcare Scam Warning Signs
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Nearly every day, stories appear about healthcare professionals who get caught up in fraudulent activity. From billing for medically unnecessary ...
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Proposed Changes to Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare ...
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Lying on Financial Disclosure Statements Can Land You in Jail
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A Florida businessman who was already serving 57 months in prison on charges of tax and bank fraud, now faces ...
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A September to Remember for Healthcare Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
To say that federal healthcare fraud investigators have been busy in September would be an understatement. In the last few ...
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Telemedicine Company Owner, Doctor Plead Guilty in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The owner and chief executive of a telemedicine company, along with a New Jersey physician, have pleaded guilty for their ...
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Watchdog Agency Cracking Down on Improper Billing by HHAs
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General issued its latest report on ...
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DOJ Cites Significant Costs and Burdens on Request to Dismiss Qui Tam Case
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Department of Justice has once again exercised its authority under the False Claims Act in seeking the dismissal of ...
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CMS Program to Give Providers Access to Medicare Patient Data
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
In an effort to accelerate the transformation of the nation’s healthcare system to one that is value-based, the Centers for ...
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MedPAC: Eliminate “Incident to” Billing for ARNPs and NPs
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
If Congress adopts the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC), most recent recommendations, “incident to†billing could become a thing of ...
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Healthcare Data Breaches Continue to Break Records
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
There isn’t a day that goes by that some healthcare organization hasn’t fallen victim to a data breach. Thousands of ...
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